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  • Spaceport Innovations - Designing the Next Generation of Launch Sites (Narration Only)
    2025/07/10

    This episode explores how spaceports will evolve in design, technology, and purpose—shifting from fuel-thirsty towers to seamless transport hubs for Earth, Moon, Mars, and beyond.


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    Spaceport Innovations - Designing the Next Generation of Launch Sites

    July 10, 2025; Episode 731

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

    Graphics:

    Anthrofuturism

    Atlantis Project

    Jarred Eagley

    Katie Byrne

    Fishy Tree

    Phil Swan

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    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

    Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

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  • Spaceport Innovations - Designing the Next Generation of Launch Sites
    2025/07/10

    This episode explores how spaceports will evolve in design, technology, and purpose—shifting from fuel-thirsty towers to seamless transport hubs for Earth, Moon, Mars, and beyond.

    Watch my exclusive video Mass Drivers on the Moon: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-mass-drivers-on-the-moon-enabling-a-lunar-economy

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    Spaceport Innovations - Designing the Next Generation of Launch Sites

    July 10, 2025; Episode 731

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

    Graphics:

    Anthrofuturism

    Atlantis Project

    Jarred Eagley

    Katie Byrne

    Fishy Tree

    Phil Swan

    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

    Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

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    30 分
  • What If the Big Bang Never Happened?
    2025/07/06

    The Big Bang is the reigning explanation for our universe’s origin—but what if it’s wrong? This episode dives into cosmic controversies and the theories that challenge everything we thought we knew.


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    What If the Big Bang Never Happened?

    Episode 730.1; July 6, 2025

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator



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    27 分
  • The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?
    2025/07/03

    If everything is free, what’s still worth striving for? From replicators to reputation, we examine the surprising economics of a post-scarcity world.


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    The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?

    Episode 730; July 3, 2025

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

    Chapters

    0:00 Intro

    2:02 What Post-Scarcity Means Economically

    5:10 Incentives Without Scarcity

    8:17 Distribution, Duty, and Designed Idleness

    14:27 Ownership and Property in a Post-Scarcity Economy

    20:03 The Star Trek Economy & the Myth of a Moneyless Society

    22:58 Wealth, Inheritance & Intergenerational Power

    27:57 Upward Mobility and Inequality

    29:02 Economic Failure Modes in Post-Scarcity

    30:35 Where Economics Still Matters

    33:02 The Infinite Price of a Meaningful Life

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    35 分
  • The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free? (Narration Only)
    2025/07/03

    If everything is free, what’s still worth striving for? From replicators to reputation, we examine the surprising economics of a post-scarcity world.


    Watch my exclusive video Mass Drivers on the Moon: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-mass-drivers-on-the-moon-enabling-a-lunar-economy

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    The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?

    Episode 730; July 3, 2025

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

    Chapters

    0:00 Intro

    2:02 What Post-Scarcity Means Economically

    5:10 Incentives Without Scarcity

    8:17 Distribution, Duty, and Designed Idleness

    14:27 Ownership and Property in a Post-Scarcity Economy

    20:03 The Star Trek Economy & the Myth of a Moneyless Society

    22:58 Wealth, Inheritance & Intergenerational Power

    27:57 Upward Mobility and Inequality

    29:02 Economic Failure Modes in Post-Scarcity

    30:35 Where Economics Still Matters

    33:02 The Infinite Price of a Meaningful Life

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    36 分
  • The 10 Worst Alien Invasion Strategies (Narration Only)
    2025/07/01

    From Martians undone by germs to predators who insist on sporting duels, we explore the most ridiculous alien invasion tactics in fiction, and what they reveal about strategy, science, and human resilience.


    Join us as we journey beyond the birth of the universe to unravel the mysteries of what might have preceded the Big Bang—and whether time itself had a beginning.

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    The 10 Worst Alien Invasion Strategies

    Episode 733; July 1, 2025

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

    0:00 Intro

    0:48 10. The “Park and Wait” Strategy

    2:02 9. Invading a Planet That Can Kill You

    3:46 8. Single Point of Failure: The Hive or Control Ship

    5:22 7. Telegraphing Your Arrival

    6:50 6. Overly Convoluted Takeovers

    8:30 5. Broadcasting Your Weakness

    9:55 4. Playing Fair & Ritual Combat

    11:54 3. Overconfidence & Underestimating the Locals

    13:07 2. Hive Minds That Collapse Instantly

    15:03 1. Ignoring the Home Field Advantage

    16:06 Outro

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    17 分
  • The 10 Worst Alien Invasion Strategies
    2025/07/01

    From Martians undone by germs to predators who insist on sporting duels, we explore the most ridiculous alien invasion tactics in fiction, and what they reveal about strategy, science, and human resilience.


    Join us as we journey beyond the birth of the universe to unravel the mysteries of what might have preceded the Big Bang—and whether time itself had a beginning.

    Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net

    Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur

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    The 10 Worst Alien Invasion Strategies

    Episode 733; July 1, 2025

    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images


    Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

    0:00 Intro

    0:48 10. The “Park and Wait” Strategy

    2:02 9. Invading a Planet That Can Kill You

    3:46 8. Single Point of Failure: The Hive or Control Ship

    5:22 7. Telegraphing Your Arrival

    6:50 6. Overly Convoluted Takeovers

    8:30 5. Broadcasting Your Weakness

    9:55 4. Playing Fair & Ritual Combat

    11:54 3. Overconfidence & Underestimating the Locals

    13:07 2. Hive Minds That Collapse Instantly

    15:03 1. Ignoring the Home Field Advantage

    16:06 Outro

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    17 分
  • ISRU: In-Situ Resource Utilization - From Regolith to Rocket Fuel (Narration Only)
    2025/06/29

    In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is the key to building lasting colonies in space—by turning local materials into shelter, fuel, and even food. Explore how humanity might thrive beyond Earth by living off the land on other worlds.


    Watch my exclusive video Fishbowl Starships - Water As Shielding - https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-fishbowl-starships-water-as-shielding

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    I.S.R.U. In-Situ Resource Utilization

    Written, Narrated & Produced by: Isaac Arthur

    Graphics:

    Fishy Tree

    Jeremy Jozwik

    Ken York / YD Visual

    Sergio Botero

    Udo Schroeter

    Music Courtesy of

    Epidemic Sound Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator


    Chapters:

    0:00 Intro

    3:20 Shelter

    11:06 Extraction of Volatiles

    13:45 Regolith Processing

    16:55 Energy Production

    18:19 Manufacturing and Construction

    20:24 Agriculture

    23:40 Propellant Production

    26:25 Starlifting

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    31 分